How To Make The Best Cafe-Style Granola Ever

Because paying $20 a packet is just crazy.

One of the most delicious, deceptively simple breakfasts you can get at a cafe is house-made granola with yoghurt, seasonal fruit and a drizzle of honey or maple syrup. It's a combo that just works, particularly because the granola is always perfectly crunchy, sweet and nutty. And the clusters. Ohh, the clusters.

If you've ever gone to buy a packet of said impeccable cafe granola, your heart probably missed a few beats when you saw its price, which is usually up near the $20 mark. And, let's face it, supermarket granola just does not cut it after you've had the pleasure of trying those heavenly maple clusters.

Good news -- you can make cafe-style granola in all its crunchy, sweet, nutty and clustery glory at home. In under 40 minutes. With simple ingredients. And it's bomb.

In fact, we can guarantee you will finish the whole jar in a few days. Not kidding.

Here's how to make the granola of your dreams.

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INGREDIENTS

3 cups rolled oats

2 cups almonds

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

⅓ cup coconut oil

½ cup maple syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or ½ teaspoon vanilla bean powder)

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METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 170°C.

2. Place almonds in a food processor or blender, and pulse until it becomes a very course almond flour (there should still be whole almonds).

3. Place rolled oats, almond crumb, cinnamon and salt in a bowl, and stir together. Make a well in the middle for the wet mixture.